Chesapeake
City of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits
In short
City of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits issues 2 permits we publish for Chesapeake, last verified 2026-09-05. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits | $50 administrative fee per permit, plus $10 per 100 square feet or fraction, plus a separate plan review fee, a 2% state levy and a technology fee. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-05 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits | $75 for a new building, commercial pool, relocated business, addition or alteration; a temporary CO is $75 residential / $100 commercial | issued once per qualifying occupancy | 2026-09-05 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Commercial Building Permit
Confirmed directly against the city's own page, including a worked example: a 14,000-sq-ft building's plan review fee runs $350. Tenant build-outs are categorized into four complexity levels (0–3), with Level 0 cosmetic work sometimes needing no permit at all.
Certificate of Occupancy
Two dedicated city pages agree on this $75 figure, but a third general fee hub instead lists $50 — the two dedicated pages are treated as the more reliable pair here, though this conflict is not fully resolved and is worth confirming directly with Development & Permits.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Chesapeake
- Phone
- 757-382-6018
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Chesapeake — Certificate of Occupancy feesCity of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
- City of Chesapeake — New Commercial Building Construction Permit feeCity of Chesapeake Department of Development & Permits · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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